Two new inscriptions from Alexandreia Troas

Ricl, Marijana

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“…The example of Alexandria Troas shows that harbour installations well beyond Italy were also supported and improved by the emperor. As both Alexandria Troas and Parium, situated respectively at the entrance and exit of the Dardanelles, became Roman colonies and were granted the ius italicum in the Augustan period (Ricl, 1997: 21), it seems as if the emperor intended to guarantee and foster maritime traffic through these important straits.…”

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“…2). It was founded by Antigonos Monophthalmos under the name ‘Antigoneia’ between 311 and 307 BC by a synoikismos of the surrounding poleis of Colonae, Larisa, Hamaxitus, Chrysa, Neandria, Cebren and Scepsis (for more detail see Cook, 1973: 198–204; Ricl, 1997: 1–21; Tenger, 1999: 118–73; Akalin, 2008). After the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC Lysimachos gained control over the city and renamed it Alexandria in the Troad.…”

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“…This meant that the importance of Alexandria Troas was reduced, as the sea‐routes in the eastern Mediterranean were now mainly focused on Constantinople (Tenger, 1999: 172). In the 4th and 5th centuries three bishops and the emperor Julian are mentioned visiting the city in 451 (Ricl, 1997: 234f.). After that Alexandria Troas vanishes from literary sources.…”

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The Roman Harbour of Alexandria Troas, Turkey

Feuser¹

2010

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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This article summarizes the results of a survey conducted in the area of the ancient harbour of Alexandria Troas. It presents an outline reconstruction of the harbour and explains its significance for our understanding of the region. The harbour is located at the point where two important sea-routes met and where ships waited for favourable winds to travel through the Dardanelles. It was built in the reign of Augustus and consisted of an outer basin protected by two breakwaters and an inner basin. The area was occupied until the beginning of the 7th century.

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Aleksandreia Troas’tan Yazıtlı Yeni Bir Assos Lahdi ve Tersane İşçileri Derneği

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Yaman

2019

Gephyra

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, the inscribed sarcophagus discussed below was transferred to the former Çanakkale Archaeological Museum from the garden of a house in Kemallı, a village close to the ancient site of Alexandreia Troas, where it was used for a long time as a water trough. 1 This is not an unusual find from Kemallı. Several other inscribed artefacts, mostly funerary inscriptions, that had been moved from Alexandreia Troas to the village are documented in the epigraphic corpus of the ancient city of Alexandreia Troas. 2 The inscribed sarcophagus is a typical half-fabricated example from Assos, the production of which began in the late second century AD (Figs. 1-3). 3 Made of andesite, the most characteristic features that embellish Assos sarcophagi are a large panel positioned at the centre of the façade as well as two thin, smooth garlands with hanging pendants on either side of it. The façade is limited to a roughly outlined bucranium on the left and right sides. A disk adorns the semicircular space above the garlands. The short sides of the sarcophagus are occupied by a garland with a pendant, and, above it, a disk is depicted. The long back side of the sarcophagus has the same decorative order as the façade, with the exception of the central panel. Similar examples are not uncommon. One long side of the sarcophagus bears the decoration designated as "Form I" by Ward-Perkins in his drawings, while "Form II" adorns the other side, as it does on the sarcophagus introduced in this paper. 4 Unlike the standard form of tabula ansata on Assos sarcophagi, which can be classified as a diverse group, the unusual form of these central panels on

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Two new inscriptions from Alexandreia Troas

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The Roman Harbour of Alexandria Troas, Turkey

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Aleksandreia Troas’tan Yazıtlı Yeni Bir Assos Lahdi ve Tersane İşçileri Derneği

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